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	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	other name:-	Low Sadghyll
	locality:-	Sadgill
	locality:-	Longsleddale
	parish	Longsleddale parish, once in Westmorland
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s
	coordinates:-	NY48230564
	10Km square:-	NY40
	coordinates:-	54d 26m 12s N, 2d 47m 75s W
	Altitude	645 feet
	1Km square	NY4805
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- From high on Great Howe. -- 11.2003
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 27.8.2009
	descriptive text:-	Wilson 1912
		Book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1912.
		... There is no public house, no hostelry of any sort in this dale. The coach 'puts up' at the Fishwick's Farm. Here you will be well attended to and entertained at the same time. Mine hostess is widely and deservedly famed.
	placename:-	Fishwick's Farm
	date:-	1912
	period:-	1910s
	old map:-	OS County Series (Wmd 27 6,7)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
		Sadgill
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	descriptive text:-	Bulmer 1880s (1st edn 1885/Wmd)
		Fishwick John, Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, John
	date:-	1885
	period:-	19th century, late; 18880s
	old map:-	OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition)
		Maps, parts of Westmorland, Cumberland, etc now Cumbria, New Series 1 inch maps of England, published by the Ordnance Survey, London, 1881-82; sheets 7, 11, 12, 16..19, 22..25, 28..31, 37..40, 47..50, 58.
		Not labelled.
	date:-	1881=1882
	period:-	19th century, late; 1880s
	old map:-	Fields 1875
	date:-	1875
	period:-	19th century, late
	old map:-	Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836
		SAD GILL
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	tithe schedule:-	Kendal Corn Rent Act 1836 -- perhaps relevant
		Beware/ The schedule is arranged by Person; interpretting it by Place is not a certain procedure.
		Various parts of Sadgill are particularly difficult to disentangle, and this entry includes part of Stockdale.
		Schedule, each row gives:-
		Field no. / Tenant's name / Close ie Field name / Type of culture / Area, acres
		Owned by John Anson, tenanted by himself; Sad Gill.
		/ / Anson John
		/ 405a / Himself 1/2 / Green Road &c / Pas. / 0 140
		/ 426 / Do / Hote Green / Ar & Mea / 1 220
		/ 427 / Do / Newlands / Pas / 2 140
		/ 428 / Do / Ing / Mea / 2 740
		/ 429 / Do / [Muglands] / Ar & Mea / 2 535
		/ 430 / Do / Rough Craggs / Pas / 89 780
		/ 431 / Do / Bank / Pas / 24 100
		/ 432 / Do / Bank Foot / Pas / 5 825
		/ 433 / Do / Wood / Pas & Wood / 7 515
		/ 434 / Do / Sheep Folds / / 0 060
		/ 435 / Do / High Parrock / Pas / 0 815
		/ 436 / Do / Low Do / Pas / 0 655
		/ 437 / Do / Homestead Lane &c at Sad Gill / Mea / 0 265
		/ 438 / Do / Brackenny brow / Mea / 3 895
		/ 439 / Do / Copse How / Mea / 4 055
		/ 440 / Do / Bonfire / Ar & Mea / 4 590
		/ 441 / Do / Hoghouse Close top / Mea / 1 650
		/ 442 / Do / Broad field / Mea / 3 135
		/ 443 / Do / Goose Mire / Mea / 1 080
		/ 445 / Do / Carr / Mea / 0 945
		/ 446 / Do / House & Garden at Stockdale / / 0 120
		/ 447 / Do / Parrock / Mea / 0 165
		/ 448 / Do / Pant / Mea / 0 565
		/ 462 / 4/25 Do or 2 Gaits / Stockdale Bank / Pas / 10 315
		/ 463 / 1/12 Do 1 Gait / Middleton Bank / Pas / 4 710
		/ 466 / 1/12 / Drift Road / Pas / 0 045
		/ / / / / [total] 174 275
		Owned by Michael Mattinson, tenanted by himself; Sad Gill.
		/ / Mattinson Michael
		/ 390 / Himself / Low Close / Ar & Mea / 3 440
		/ 391 / Do / High Bryers / Ar & Mea / 1 800
		/ 392 / Do / Low Bank / Pas / 36 980
		/ 393 / Do / Ellar Hagg / Wood / 1 095
		/ 394 / Do / Three Rood / Ar & Mea / 1 545
		/ 395 / Do / Middle Close / Ar & Mea / 2 535
		/ 396 / Do / Old Close / Mea / 4 300
		/ 397 / Do / Oak Rigg / Ar & Mea / 2 450
		/ 398 / Do / Hoghouse & fold / / 0 220
		/ 399 / Do / High Bank / Pas / 77 435
		/ 400 / Do / Wood / / 13 400
		/ 401 / Do / Calf Parrock / Pas / 3 260
		/ 402 / Do / Bogg / Mea / 2 105
		/ 403 / Do / Midge Parrock / Wood / 0 115
		/ 404 / Do / Builds &c at Sad Gill / / 0 550
		/ 405 / Do / Tip Parrock / Pas / 0 615
		/ 405a / 1/2 Do / Waste &c / Pas / 0 145
		/ 406 / Do / Hill / Pas / 0 980
		/ 407 / Do / Sheep Folds / / 0 075
		/ 408 / Do / Thom Spring / Wood / 5 680
		/ 409 / Do / Hote Green / Mea / 0 960
		/ 410 / Do / Sheep Folds / / 0 045
		/ 411 / Do / Back Side / Pas / 0 440
		/ 412 / Do / Homstd. &c / / 0 315
		/ 413 / Do / Thom Low Grassing / Wood / 5 680
		/ 414 / Do / Fair Place / Pas / 1 695
		/ 415 / Do / Thom Far Grassing / Pas & Wood / 16 555
		/ 416 / Do / Thom High bank / Pas / 30 000
		/ 417 / Do / Thom Ing / Ar & Mea / 3 250
		/ 418 / Do / Ing Head / Ar & Mea / 7 380
		/ 419 / Do / Muglands / Ar & Mea / 1 945
		/ 420 / Do / Dunna Crag / Pas / 22 080
		/ 421 / Do / Force Bank / Ar & Mea / 1 745
		/ 422 / Do / Bryers / Ar & Mea / 4 600
		/ 423 / Do / Redding / Ar & Mea / 2 375
		/ 424 / Do / Pike Rigg / Ar & Mea / 6 115
		/ 426 / Do / Broad Field / Mea / 1 405
		/ / / / / [total] 268 590
	placename:-	Sad Gill
	date:-	1836
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old text:-	Murray 1889
		Index and directory, p157:-
		LONG SLEDDALE ... Tea may be had at Sadghyll Farm House
	placename:-	Sadghyll Farm House
	date:-	1889
	period:-	19th century, late; 18390s
	database:-	Listed Buildings 2010 Listed Buildings 2010
		courtesy of English Heritage
		LOW SADGILL FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS / / / LONGSLEDDALE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76407 / NY4823605651
		courtesy of English Heritage
		Farmhouse with outbuildings under same roof to left and at right angles to right. Late C16 or early C17 with later alterations and additions. Roughly coursed stone rubble with protruding through stones and drips. Graduated green slate roof with stone ridges. 2 stone chimneys. 2 storeys. Oak boarded entrance door with ornamental latch under gabled porch with slate roof and side benches. Sash window to left of porch, 2 C19 fixed-light windows with single opening iron panes and C20 replacement sash to right, all with glazing bars. 3 sashes and C19 fixed light casement with single opening light above. Outbuilding to left, probably originally cowhouse and granary has C20 sash and C20 door in opening with slate voussoirs and dripstone. Outbuildings to right: hayloft with cart entrance with cowhouse below entered from gable end. Interior has 2 slate fireplaces back to back with slates running through, probably C18; massive chamfered oak beams; 2 flights of stone dog-leg stairs; small timber mullioned window; old boarded doors, two of which have ornamental latches; spice cupboard with initials and date 1670 MID (said by owners to be for John and Dorothy Mattinson). See RCHM p.158.
	placename:-	Low Sadgill Farm
	district:-	South Lakeland
		listed building
	coordinates:-	NY48230565
	date:-	2010
	period:-	2010s
	old map:-	Hodgson 1828
		Map, 4 sheets, Westmorland, by T Hodgson, scale about 1 1/4 inches to 1 mile, engraved by W R Gardner, ?published by C Smith, 1828.
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early
		photographs
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Oak tree at S of house, snow. -- 5.12.2010
		photographs
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Postcard, photograph in the Si-Ko series, 1920s-30s?
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Postcard, photograph by Atkinson and Pollitt, Kendal, 1920s?
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Postcard, photograph by Ewan, Kendal, 1900s?
		photographs
		Sent to Miss J Blenkinship, Langholme, Gilligate, Kendal; postmark 9 December 1931.
		courtesy of John Bennet
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- ''SADGHYLL', LONGSLEDDALE, NR. KENDAL'
	census returns:-	Census 1891
		Map, Division X, Northern Counties, showing census registration areas for Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, published by HM Government, London, 1891.
		Name / Relationship / Married? / Male, age / Female, age / Occupation / Where born
		John Fishwick / Head / M / 60 / / Farmer / Selside Wstm'ld
		Cicely Fishwick / Wife / M / / 34 / -ditto- wife / Mardale
		Mary Fishwick / Daughter / Unmarried / / 16 / -ditto- daughter / Kentmere
		Joseph Fishwick / Son / / 12 / / Scholar / Kentmere
		Agnes Fishwick / Daughter / / / 10 / Scholar / Winster
		Bridget Fishwick / Daughter / / / 7 / Scholar / Longsleddale
		Isabel Fishwick / Daughter / / / 5 / / Longsleddale
		Miles Fishwick / Son / / 2 / / / Longsleddale
		James Airey / Servant / Unmarried / 29 / / Farm servant / Kentmere
	date:-	1891
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	census returns:-	Census 1881
		Name / Relationship / Married? / Male, age / Female, age / Occupation / Where born
		Suzannah Green / Head / Widow / / 75 / / Kendal
		William Green / Son / Unmarried / 50 / / Farmer of 497 acres - with 1 boy / Kentmere
		Agnes Green / Daughter / Unmarried / / 46 / Farmer's daughter / Longsleddale
		William Gilpin / Servant / Unmarried / 16 / / Farm servant Indoor / Longsleddale
	date:-	1881
	period:-	19th century, late; 1880s
	census returns:-	Census 1871
		Name / Relationship / Married? / Male, age / Female, age / Occupation / Where born
		Edmund Hudson / Head / M / 47 / / Farmer / Longsleddale
		Eleanor Hudson / Wife / M / / 32 / / Over Staveley
		Agnes Hudson / Daughter / / / 9 / Scholar / Longsleddale
		Thomas Hudson / Son / / 7 / / Scholar / Longsleddale
		George Hudson / Son / / 4 / / / Longsleddale
		Isabella Hudson / Daughter / / / 2 / / Longsleddale
		James Gilpin / Servant / Unmarried / 22 / / Farm servant Indoor / Kentmere
		Grace Nelson / Servant / Unmarried / / 18 / Domestic servant / Ravenstondale
	date:-	1871
	period:-	19th century, late; 1870s
	census returns:-	Census 1861
		Name / Relationship / Married? / Male, age / Female, age / Occupation / Where born
		Edmund Hudson / Head / M / 37 / / Farmer of 180 acres / Longsleddale
		Eleanor Hudson / Wife / M / / 22 / -ditto- wife / Over StaveleyR
		R K Knowles / Servant / Unmarried / 16 / / Servant / Selside
	date:-	1861
	period:-	19th century, late; 1860s
	census returns:-	Census 1851
		Name / Relationship / Married? / Male, age / Female, age / Occupation / Where born
		Benjamin Martindale / Head / M / 50 / / Farmer of 120 acres / Kendal
		Betty Martindale / Wife / M / / 46 / -ditto- wife / Cartmell Lancashire
		William Martindale / Son / Unmarried / 25 / / -ditto- son / Kendal
		Mark Martindale / Son / Unmarried / 23 / / -ditto- / Kendal
		Benjamin Martindale / Son / Unmarried / 20 / / -ditto- / Kendal
		Agnes Martindale / Daughter / Unmarried / / 17 / -ditto- daughter / Kendal
		John Martindale / Son / Unmarried / 15 / / -ditto- son / Kendal
	date:-	1851
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	census returns:-	Census 1841
		Name / Relationship / Married? / Male, age / Female, age / Occupation / Where born
		Benjamin Martindale / / / 40 / / Farmer /
		Betty Martindale / / / / 35 / /
		William Martindale / / / 15 / / /
		Mark Martindale / / / 13 / / /
		Benjamin Martindale / / / 10 / / /
		Agnes Martindale / / / / 8 / /
		John Martindale / / / 6 / / /
		Elizabeth Kitchen / / / / 14 / House servant /
	date:-	1841
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	shepherds guide:-	Wilson 1913
		Wilson's New Shepherds' Guide, by Thomas Wilson, Keswick, Cumberland, 1913.
		Joseph Fishwick, Low Sadgill; cropped near ear, red stroke over fillets and down both lisks, and a stroke from that up the back to shoulders. Inside sheep, M on near mid rib.
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	: Fishwick, Joseph
	date:-	1913
	period:-	1910s
	shepherds guide:-	Gate 1879
		Gate's Shepherd's Guide, by Daniel Gate, Keswick, Cumberland, published by Brash Bros, Cockermouth, Cumberland, 1879.
		WILLIAM GREEN, Low Sadgill; cropped near, stroke over fillets and down both lisks, and a stroke from that up the back to shoulders.
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	: Green, William
	date:-	1879
	period:-	19th century, late; 1870s
	directory:-	Kelly 1897
		Kelly's Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland, published by Kelly and Co, London, 1897.
		LONG SLEDDALE. / COMMERCIAL. / Fishwick John, farmer, Low Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, John
	date:-	1897
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	directory:-	Kelly 1894
		Kelly's Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland, published by Kelly and Co, London, 1894.
		Fishwick John, farmer, Low Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, John
	date:-	1894
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	directory:-	Bulmer 1880s (1st edn 1885/Wmd)
		LONG SLEDDALE TOWNSHIP. / Farmers. / Fishwick John, Low Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, John
	date:-	1885
	period:-	19th century, late; 1880s
	directory:-	Kelly 1921
		Directory, Kelly's Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland, published by Kelly's Directories, London, 1921.
		LONG SLEDDALE. / COMMERCIAL. Marked thus [circle] farm 150 acres or over. / [circle] Fishwick Joseph, farmer, Low Sadgill, High Sadgill & Middle Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, Joseph
	date:-	1921
	period:-	1920s
	directory:-	Kelly 1914
		Directory, Kelly's Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland, published by Kelly's Directories, London, 1914.
		LONG SLEDDALE. / COMMERCIAL. / Fishwick Joseph, farmer, Low Sadgill, High Sadgill & Middle Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, Joseph
	date:-	1914
	period:-	1910s
	directory:-	Kelly 1910
		Directory, Kelly's Directory of Cumberland and Westmorland, published by Kelly's Directories, London, 1910.
		LONG SLEDDALE. / COMMERCIAL. / Fishwick Joseph, farmer, Low Sadgill, High Sadgill & Middle Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, Joseph
	date:-	1910
	period:-	1910s
	directory:-	Kelly 1906
		LONG SLEDDALE. / COMMERCIAL / Fishwick John, farmer, Low Sadgill & High Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, John
	date:-	1906
	period:-	1900s
	directory:-	Bulmer 1880s (2nd edn 1905/Wmd)
		LONGSLEDDALE. / Farmers. / Fishwick John, High and Low Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Fishwick, John
	date:-	1905
	period:-	1900s
	directory:-	Kelly 1858
		Post Office Directory of Westmoreland and Cumberland, published by Kelly and Co, London, 1858.
		Long Sleddale / COMMERCIAL / Martindale, Benj. farmer, Low Sadgill
	placename:-	Low Sadgill
	person:-	farmer : Martindale, Benjamin
	date:-	1858
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s
	directory:-	Mannex 1849 -- perhaps relevant
		Book, History, Topography, and Directory of Westmorland, and Lonsdale North of the Sands in Lancashire, by P J Mannex, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1849.
		LONGSLEDDALE TOWNSHIP. / Farmers [dagger] are Yeomen. / Martindale, Ben. Sadgill hill
	placename:-	Sadgill Hill
	person:-	farmer : Martindale, Benjamin
	date:-	1849
	period:-	19th century, early; 1840s
	fiction	Low Sadgill is said to be the model for Burwood Farm in Long Whindale in Ward, Humphrey, Mrs: 1888: Robert Elsmere Chapter 1:- ... On one of these solitary houses the afternoon sun, about to descend before very long behind the hills dividing Long Whindale from Shanmoor, was still lingering on this May afternoon we are describing, bringing out the whitewashed porch and the broad bands of white edging the windows into relief against the gray stone of the main fabric, the gray roof overhanging it, and the group of sycamores and Scotch firs which protected it from the cold east and north. The western light struck full on a copper beech, which made a welcome patch of warm colour in front of a long gray line of outhouses standing level with the house, and touched the heckberry blossom which marked the upward course of the little lane connecting the old farm with the road; above it rose the green fell, broken here and there by jutting crags, and below it the ground sank rapidly through a piece of young hazel plantation, at this moment a sheet of bluebells, towards the level of the river. The was a dainty and yet sober brightness about the whole picture. ... The distant aspect of Burwood farm differed in nothing from that of the few other farmhouses which dotted the fells or clustered beside the river between it and the rocky end of the valley. But as one came nearer, certain signs of difference became visible. The garden, instead of being the old-fashioned medley of phloxes, lavender bushes, monthly roses, gooseberry trees, herbs, and pampass grass, with which the farmers' wives of Long Whindale loved to fill their little front enclosures, was trimly laid down in turf dotted with neat flower-beds, full at the moment we are writing of with orderly patches of scarlet and purple anemones, wallflowers, and pansies. At the side of the house a new bow window, modest enough in dimensions and make, had been thrown out on to another close-shaven piece of lawn, and by its suggestion of a distant sophisticated order of things disturbed the homely impression left by the untouched ivy-grown walls, the unpretending porch, and wide slate window-sills of the front. And evidently the line of sheds standing level with the dwelling-house no longer sheltered the animals, the carts, or the tools which make the small capital of a Westmoreland farmer. The windows in them were new, the doors fresh painted and closely shut; curtains of some soft outlandish make showed themselves in what had once been a stable, and the turf stretched smoothly up to a narrow gravelled path in front of them, unbroken by a single footmark. No, evidently the old farm, for such it undoubtedly was, had been but lately, or comparatively lately, transformed to new and softer uses; that rough patriarchal life of which it had once been a symbol and centre no longer bustled and clattered through it. It had become the shelter of new ideals, the home of another and a milder race than once possessed it. ...
		photographs
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 7.7.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 7.7.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 4.11.2010
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- A little snow. -- 21.12.2004
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Brand new sign:- -- 'Low Sadgill / MN 2009' -- 9.10.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 'Low Sadgill, farm access only' occasionally picked out again in white paint on the old wood.
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 5.12.2010
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- 5.12.2010
		photographs
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Plaque on the house wall; rescued by Tom Walshaw from a local authority yard in Preston? -- 7.7.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Red white and grey; berberis and geraniums. -- 15.12.2004
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Front door furniture. -- 7.7.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Front door furniture, inside. -- 7.7.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Chimney top. -- 27.10.2009
		photographs
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Rainbow. -- 25.8.2005
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Rainbow. -- 26.5.2009
		Low Sadgill -- Sadgill -- Longsleddale -- Longsleddale -- Cumbria / -- Clouds lit by sunset. -- 21.11.2008
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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